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Re: Fieday Five May 24

 


1.? The Boy Scouts have proposed taking the word boy out of the name - what do you think of this?

Man Scouts is good. Or maybe Manly Scouts? He Scouts? I suppose?Girl Scouts will be next? Maybe Them Scouts?

If I seem flippant, I have to excuse myself...well, no I don't.

Ridiculous waste of time, but people need to do something to pass the hours between birth and death, right?

2.? Was the death of the president of Iran an accident or deliberate action by someone unknown?

Obviously you mean to ask what my guess is. Not being a big truster in coincidence, I would say it was a successful hit.

3.? ?What advice would you give your younger self?


Save money?every month and go to college earlier.

4? ? Do you think Donald Trump will be convicted in the latest trial?

Not sure...I can guess no, but my head is spinning with theories around the antichrist and so on, so maybe so...

5.? Will this presidential election signal an end to the Post War Generation in politics?

I am not familiar with that cohort or concept, but I think the imaginary situation of climate change will kick more backsides than any political election. (I predict coastal refugees will be flooding(!) inland within ten years.)

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Re: [m-scholars-and-scribes] Re: Fieday Five May 24

 

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1.? The Boy Scouts have proposed taking the word boy out of the name - what do you think of this?

I think it is utter insanity.? Boys need to identify with men - to become men on their own.? We are becoming a nation of bedwetters - and bedwetters don't remain in charge for very long

2.? Was the death of the president of Iran an accident or deliberate action by someone unknown?

Unknown.? But a friend of mine from Bulgaria said it looks like a Russian operation to him.? On the other hand the helicopter was probably more than forty years old and maintenance may well have been very bad.

3.? ?What advice would you give your younger self?

Don't listen to people who tell you what to do - look out for yourself and figure out your own path.

4? ? Do you think Donald Trump will be convicted in the latest trial?

Possibly - but I am optimistic that any guilty verdict will be overturned on appeal - and a lot of different grounds.? The biggest is that he has not been charged with anything so far that was actually illegal under state law.

5.? Will this presidential election signal an end to the Post War Generation in politics?

In the sense that the Baby Boomers are aging out - I hope so.? We need new blood in the political process - continually recycling the same old people is not doing the nation any good.

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Re: Fieday Five May 24

 

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1.? The Boy Scouts have proposed taking the word boy out of the name - what do you think of this?
It's long past due. When I was a young girl I joined Girl Scouts and it was so lame. I wanted to do actual outdoor activities and the Girl Scouts didn't do that, but the Boy Scouts did. I would have much preferred to join the Boy Scouts. I'm happy to see that girls are no longer being excluded from the Boy Scouts.

2.? Was the death of the president of Iran an accident or deliberate action by someone unknown?
I believe it was just plain careless to transport their president in such an ancient vehicle. They should have used a safe, modern helicopter.

3.? ?What advice would you give your younger self?
Nothing would have helped. I was in an unfortunate situation and I was traumatized. Happily I was still able to live and find much fulfillment in life after leaving home.

4? ? Do you think Donald Trump will be convicted in the latest trial?
I sure hope so. It seems like a very good case has been made for falsification of business records to hide hush money reimbursements.

5.? Will this presidential election signal an end to the Post War Generation in politics?
Too vague to answer. Which war? WWII? Korea? Vietnam? Gulf War?

BTW, what's Fieday?

Aloha,
Celeste Rogers


Re: Fieday Five May 24

 

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1.? The Boy Scouts have proposed taking the word boy out of the name - what do you think of this?

2.? Was the death of the president of Iran an accident or deliberate action by someone unknown?

3.? ?What advice would you give your younger self?

4? ? Do you think Donald Trump will be convicted in the latest trial?

5.? Will this presidential election signal an end to the Post War Generation in politics?


Re: [m-scholars-and-scribes] Friday Five May 17.

 

Silly. I can kill a man with a nail file. Or one of my wife's?false fingernails.

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Darrell G King, MA, RN
Rochester, NY, US
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On Fri, May 17, 2024 at 9:44?AM mrvnchpmn via <chapman=[email protected]> wrote:
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actually first I don't know how to spell the name but got the point across.? Second - this is a proposal that came across the wires recently - apparently something about people thinking they are just tools and trying to take them into restricted areas.

Marvin



David,

It's a silly question and I gave it the silly answer it deserved (especially in light of the misspelling of Victorinox). The question does not merit an answer.

Aloha,
Celeste

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On 5/16/2024 9:06 PM, David Grugeon wrote:
So Celeste, what would your answer to 1 be if it had said Victorinox?
Regards
David Grugeon
On Fri, 17 May 2024 at 15:10, Celeste wrote:
1.? Should Victronix remove the blades from their Swiss Army knivees?
There is no maker of Swiss Army knives called Victronix. Perhaps they make sound equipment?
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2.? Who do you think was the most influential military officer of World War II?
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
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3.? Do you think the Dow Jones Averages will finish over 40,000 on any given day this year?
Very soon!
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4.? Are you going to go on vacation this summer?
Probably not. We've been caring for one of our dogs that has become crippled (can't use her rear legs) so I don't think we can leave her with a caretaker.
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5.? Should a president have the capability of rescinding an executive order posted by a predecessor?
No. They can be challenged in the courts if they are thought to break the law or thought to be unconstitutional. That's adequate.
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Re: [Owner] [PhilosophicalM] Friday Five May 17

 

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// ? The other consideration is that in these times, any little pocketknife might be considered a deadly weapon by overzealous police, and result in anyone frisked being charged with possession of concealed possession of a deadly weapon.? ?//

Fear of living.



On May 17, 2024, at 12:07, Ed Lomas <relomas2@...> wrote:

?Was the smallest version banned from commercial aircraft carryons?
I don't know if the mini-Leatherman (the Swiss Army Knife¡¯s competition) is available without a blade or whether that one was banned.? I carry a mini-Leatherman while backpacking, and my backpack has to be checked anyway, so it doesn¡¯t matter.? Few people carry pocketknives these days, and perhaps the company is trying to increase its acceptance to travelers who don¡¯t check bags.? The other consideration is that in these times, any little pocketknife might be considered a deadly weapon by overzealous police, and result in anyone frisked being charged with possession of concealed possession of a deadly weapon.
Ed


On Friday, May 17, 2024, mrvnchpmn via <chapman=[email protected]> wrote:
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actually first I don't know how to spell the name but got the point across.? Second - this is a proposal that came across the wires recently - apparently something about people thinking they are just tools and trying to take them into restricted areas.

Marvin



David,

It's a silly question and I gave it the silly answer it deserved (especially in light of the misspelling of Victorinox). The question does not merit an answer.

Aloha,
Celeste

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On 5/16/2024 9:06 PM, David Grugeon wrote:
So Celeste, what would your answer to 1 be if it had said Victorinox?
Regards
David Grugeon
On Fri, 17 May 2024 at 15:10, Celeste wrote:
1.? Should Victronix remove the blades from their Swiss Army knivees?
There is no maker of Swiss Army knives called Victronix. Perhaps they make sound equipment?
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2.? Who do you think was the most influential military officer of World War II?
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
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3.? Do you think the Dow Jones Averages will finish over 40,000 on any given day this year?
Very soon!
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4.? Are you going to go on vacation this summer?
Probably not. We've been caring for one of our dogs that has become crippled (can't use her rear legs) so I don't think we can leave her with a caretaker.
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5.? Should a president have the capability of rescinding an executive order posted by a predecessor?
No. They can be challenged in the courts if they are thought to break the law or thought to be unconstitutional. That's adequate.
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Re: [Owner] [PhilosophicalM] Friday Five May 17

 

Was the smallest version banned from commercial aircraft carryons?
I don't know if the mini-Leatherman (the Swiss Army Knife¡¯s competition) is available without a blade or whether that one was banned.? I carry a mini-Leatherman while backpacking, and my backpack has to be checked anyway, so it doesn¡¯t matter.? Few people carry pocketknives these days, and perhaps the company is trying to increase its acceptance to travelers who don¡¯t check bags.? The other consideration is that in these times, any little pocketknife might be considered a deadly weapon by overzealous police, and result in anyone frisked being charged with possession of concealed possession of a deadly weapon.
Ed


On Friday, May 17, 2024, mrvnchpmn via <chapman=[email protected]> wrote:
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actually first I don't know how to spell the name but got the point across.? Second - this is a proposal that came across the wires recently - apparently something about people thinking they are just tools and trying to take them into restricted areas.

Marvin



David,

It's a silly question and I gave it the silly answer it deserved (especially in light of the misspelling of Victorinox). The question does not merit an answer.

Aloha,
Celeste

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On 5/16/2024 9:06 PM, David Grugeon wrote:
So Celeste, what would your answer to 1 be if it had said Victorinox?
Regards
David Grugeon
On Fri, 17 May 2024 at 15:10, Celeste wrote:
1.? Should Victronix remove the blades from their Swiss Army knivees?
There is no maker of Swiss Army knives called Victronix. Perhaps they make sound equipment?
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2.? Who do you think was the most influential military officer of World War II?
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
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3.? Do you think the Dow Jones Averages will finish over 40,000 on any given day this year?
Very soon!
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4.? Are you going to go on vacation this summer?
Probably not. We've been caring for one of our dogs that has become crippled (can't use her rear legs) so I don't think we can leave her with a caretaker.
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5.? Should a president have the capability of rescinding an executive order posted by a predecessor?
No. They can be challenged in the courts if they are thought to break the law or thought to be unconstitutional. That's adequate.
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Re: [m-scholars-and-scribes] Friday Five May 17.

 

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1.? Should Victronix remove the blades from their Swiss Army knives?

This was recently reported - I think it is silly but quite possible.

2.? Who do you think was the most influential military officer of World War II?+

One of two - neither of whom survived the war.? Erwin Rommel and Isoroku Yamamoto.

3.? Do you think the Dow Jones Averages will finish over 40,000 on any given day this year?

Probably - the bigger question is whether that will ignite a selloff.

4.? Are you going to go on vacation this summer?

I'm going to try to squeeze one in on a business trip ion a couple of weeks.

5.? Should a president have the capability of rescinding an executive order posted by a predecessor?

Emphatically yes

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Re: [Owner] [PhilosophicalM] Friday Five May 17.

 

Celeste, the company¡¯s decision the matter was in the news recently; hence the question.? Congratulations on your spelling accuracy though. ?
Ed


On Friday, May 17, 2024, a1thighmaster via <thighmaster=[email protected]> wrote:
David,

It's a silly question and I gave it the silly answer it deserved (especially in light of the misspelling of Victorinox). The question does not merit an answer.

Aloha,
Celeste

On 5/16/2024 9:06 PM, David Grugeon wrote:
So Celeste, what would your answer to 1 be if it had said Victorinox?
Regards
David Grugeon

On Fri, 17 May 2024 at 15:10, Celeste wrote:
1.? Should Victronix remove the blades from their Swiss Army knivees?
There is no maker of Swiss Army knives called Victronix. Perhaps they make sound equipment?

2.? Who do you think was the most influential military officer of World War II?
General Dwight D. Eisenhower

3.? Do you think the Dow Jones Averages will finish over 40,000 on any given day this year?
Very soon!

4.? Are you going to go on vacation this summer?
Probably not. We've been caring for one of our dogs that has become crippled (can't use her rear legs) so I don't think we can leave her with a caretaker.

5.? Should a president have the capability of rescinding an executive order posted by a predecessor?
No. They can be challenged in the courts if they are thought to break the law or thought to be unconstitutional. That's adequate.


Re: [m-scholars-and-scribes] Friday Five May 17.

 

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actually first I don't know how to spell the name but got the point across.? Second - this is a proposal that came across the wires recently - apparently something about people thinking they are just tools and trying to take them into restricted areas.

Marvin



David,

It's a silly question and I gave it the silly answer it deserved (especially in light of the misspelling of Victorinox). The question does not merit an answer.

Aloha,
Celeste

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On 5/16/2024 9:06 PM, David Grugeon wrote:

So Celeste, what would your answer to 1 be if it had said Victorinox?
Regards
David Grugeon
On Fri, 17 May 2024 at 15:10, Celeste wrote:
1.? Should Victronix remove the blades from their Swiss Army knivees?
There is no maker of Swiss Army knives called Victronix. Perhaps they make sound equipment?
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2.? Who do you think was the most influential military officer of World War II?
General Dwight D. Eisenhower
?
3.? Do you think the Dow Jones Averages will finish over 40,000 on any given day this year?
Very soon!
?
4.? Are you going to go on vacation this summer?
Probably not. We've been caring for one of our dogs that has become crippled (can't use her rear legs) so I don't think we can leave her with a caretaker.
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5.? Should a president have the capability of rescinding an executive order posted by a predecessor?
No. They can be challenged in the courts if they are thought to break the law or thought to be unconstitutional. That's adequate.
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Re: Friday Five May 17.

 

?1.? Should Victronix remove the blades from their Swiss Army knives?

Wherever this silliness came from, please pass along to them that I resent having such ridiculousness?in front of the vision of my eyeballs!

I had a folding Boy Scout pocket knife around first or second grade. I have owned several knives at any given time since. I currently own about four fighters, a Crocodile Dundee Bowie my son?made for me, maybe five swords and machetes, a Viking battle axe made by that same sone, several folders and a good dozen throwers. I like knives. Leave the blade in the damn classic.

2.? Who do you think was the most influential military officer of World War II?

Churchill? Eisenhour? I like Patton's flair. MacArther's, too. I am really not coming up with any single example. Rommel fought a good fight.

3.? Do you think the Dow Jones Averages will finish over 40,000 on any given day this year?

No idea on this one. I have barely gotten to the point where I can semi-confidently generalize that up is good and down is bad.

4.? Are you going to go on vacation this summer?

Yes. Just I have done for every season for three years now. I am currently laid up in Albuquerque for repairs, but as soon as we can move I am headed back toward Western NY to move from my bus into a travel trailer. We will visit there, then in New Hampshire, then head west again through the northern states. We hope to visit?Yellowstone before the weather turns, then slide south toward the Southwest for the winter.

5.? Should a president have the capability of rescinding an executive order posted by a predecessor?

Has to be some room for checks and balances in that or things might get pretty confusing pretty quickly? Maybe he could propose it to a court or a Congressional oversight, but I think unilateral actions might just become a game of tennis.


Re: [m-scholars-and-scribes] Friday Five May 17.

 

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David,

It's a silly question and I gave it the silly answer it deserved (especially in light of the misspelling of Victorinox). The question does not merit an answer.

Aloha,
Celeste

On 5/16/2024 9:06 PM, David Grugeon wrote:

So Celeste, what would your answer to 1 be if it had said Victorinox?
Regards
David Grugeon

On Fri, 17 May 2024 at 15:10, Celeste wrote:
1.? Should Victronix remove the blades from their Swiss Army knivees?
There is no maker of Swiss Army knives called Victronix. Perhaps they make sound equipment?

2.? Who do you think was the most influential military officer of World War II?
General Dwight D. Eisenhower

3.? Do you think the Dow Jones Averages will finish over 40,000 on any given day this year?
Very soon!

4.? Are you going to go on vacation this summer?
Probably not. We've been caring for one of our dogs that has become crippled (can't use her rear legs) so I don't think we can leave her with a caretaker.

5.? Should a president have the capability of rescinding an executive order posted by a predecessor?
No. They can be challenged in the courts if they are thought to break the law or thought to be unconstitutional. That's adequate.


Re: [m-scholars-and-scribes] Friday Five May 17.

 

So Celeste, what would your answer to 1 be if it had said Victorinox?
Regards
David Grugeon

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On Fri, 17 May 2024 at 15:10, a1thighmaster via <thighmaster=[email protected]> wrote:
1.? Should Victronix remove the blades from their Swiss Army knivees?
There is no maker of Swiss Army knives called Victronix. Perhaps they make sound equipment?

2.? Who do you think was the most influential military officer of World War II?
General Dwight D. Eisenhower

3.? Do you think the Dow Jones Averages will finish over 40,000 on any given day this year?
Very soon!

4.? Are you going to go on vacation this summer?
Probably not. We've been caring for one of our dogs that has become crippled (can't use her rear legs) so I don't think we can leave her with a caretaker.

5.? Should a president have the capability of rescinding an executive order posted by a predecessor?
No. They can be challenged in the courts if they are thought to break the law or thought to be unconstitutional. That's adequate.

Aloha,
Celeste Rogers


Re: [m-scholars-and-scribes] Friday Five May 17.

 

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1.? Should Victronix remove the blades from their Swiss Army knivees?
There is no maker of Swiss Army knives called Victronix. Perhaps they make sound equipment?

2.? Who do you think was the most influential military officer of World War II?
General Dwight D. Eisenhower

3.? Do you think the Dow Jones Averages will finish over 40,000 on any given day this year?
Very soon!

4.? Are you going to go on vacation this summer?
Probably not. We've been caring for one of our dogs that has become crippled (can't use her rear legs) so I don't think we can leave her with a caretaker.

5.? Should a president have the capability of rescinding an executive order posted by a predecessor?
No. They can be challenged in the courts if they are thought to break the law or thought to be unconstitutional. That's adequate.

Aloha,
Celeste Rogers


Friday Five May 17.

 

1.? Should Victronix remove the blades from their Swiss Army knivees?

2.? Who do you think was the most influential military officer of World War II?

3.? Do you think the Dow Jones Averages will finish over 40,000 on any given day this year?

4.? Are you going to go on vacation this summer?

5.? Should a president have the capability of rescinding an executive order posted by a predecessor?


Re: [Owner] [PhilosophicalM] Frudat Five May 10

 

It is surprising that few foreign students study in Argentina. That would be a great place to go to college in Latin America.? Chile would be good, too. Do they have many foreign stidents?

Some ¡°semester abroad¡± programs in arrangement with foreign universities might help.? My nephew studied in Spain a year when he was in college, and some American colleges offer study abroad programs.? One of them has 30% of its students studying abroad for a year.

Ed


On Monday, May 13, 2024, Anabel Perez via <perezbem=[email protected]> wrote:
Hi, all. Just to mention, 75k U$S is about twice the value of my appartment. In Argentina, there are public and private universities. Practically none include educational materiales (such as books, computers etc.) for students, much less living quarters. Most private monthly fees are between 100 U$S and maybe 1k U$S, being about 4 minimal wages (not that anyone can live with that minimum per month). You might think that means that universities, being so cheap, would be full of foreingers (not usians, but maybe from other parts of LatinAmerica), but not really. There is a huge discussion here about this topic. Believe there should be public univ, but not so sure if it should be open for all, or have some sort of admittance test.

Slds

Anabel

El domingo, 12 de mayo de 2024, 02:39:10 ART, Ed Lomas <relomas2@...> escribi¨®:


Just a couple of comments:

Not all colleges are land-grant institutions, but if there is a Morrill Hall anywhere on campus, it is generally a land-grant school.? Some may surprise you, like MIT and Cornell (it¡¯s only partially private, the Ag school is a public backdoor into the Ivy League).? Small states with little public land have land-grant schools, but the land didn¡¯t provide much funding.? University of Texas is rich because some of their school sections had oil on them.

As for worthless degrees, the ones I think of are in crappy online or correspondence schools with low standards.? However, some programs prepare students for low-paying careers. Also some low-paying careers are gratifying and beneficial to society, such as ministers or priests. ?

A lot of my college dorm-mates were relatively poor but studied things like communications, and ended up with jobs like selling cars.? As an engineering student, I had problem sets due every day that took a couple of hours, as well as a bunch of other work, while those with mickey mouse majors goofed off, watched tv, played cards, went to the bars, etc.

A friend¡¯s daughter went to an expensive small private college in Idaho, majored in International Relations, and ended up as an apartment manager.? I know two miners who had degrees in elementary education, and one was $60,000 in debt and struggled to pay it off with three kids, a wife, and a well-paying job as a miner.? On the other hand, one of them has a brother in law who is also a miner but didn¡¯t go to college, and he is sidelined with a medical issue that will keep him from going back to his $140,000/year mining job.? So it¡¯s a tough call, but my parents looked at college as a path to job security, while others look at college as a way to live an educated life.? As much as college costs, it seems prudent to do both at once, even if it means taking some tough classes that aren¡¯t that interesing.


On Sunday, May 12, 2024, FreedomRocks via <HomeOfLove69=gmail.com@groups.io> wrote:

<<The Morrill Act, a bill signed by Abraham Lincoln, dedicated two square miles of every public land township for funding higher education in public universities.? I attended a ¡°land grant¡± college in the 70s, and it was tuition-free. ? We all had to pay for room and board and supplies and incidentals, ?which was about $1000 per semester.? That was a great system; I could earn $2000 working in the mine during the summer and a few weekends for $3.57 an hour then.>>

Interesting, I hadn¡¯t heard of that history before. I find this an interesting discussion.

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<<After the 70s the system fell apart; the university I attended, and other land grant colleges, now charge tuition to fund bloated administrations and football coaches, and students must take on debt to go to colleges.? Students majoring in communications, drama, political science and other easy majors never earn enough to join the middle class, and many of them spend five or six years to get their worthless degrees. >>

Well¡­.I kinda agree you. A big problem is, as Marvin mentioned, students graduate high school, but they aren¡¯t ready for college. More than that, they really don¡¯t know basic high school skills. A college degree, even in a ¡°worthless¡± subject, does tell an employer that the applicant does have basic reading, writing, and arithmetic skills. It also tells the employer that the student can complete tasks and meet deadlines. Because of problems with the high school system, a bachelor¡¯s is preferred by employers, even when a college degree isn¡¯t necessary for the job, because it does actually testify to the student haven¡¯t basic skills. So these degrees do have some worth. But there is no doubt that many students are drastically overpaying for these degrees.

A little personal story, which I¡¯ve told to my child, so I think it¡¯s OK to share here. Way back in the early 2000¡¯s, when I only had 1, maybe 2 children and they were babies, I can remember arguing on a message board that I would never pay for my children to get such a worthless degree such as the ones you mentioned. Previous to that, every time I had ever said I would never do something¡­I ended up doing it. I¡¯ve learned since then to never say never.? Well, one of my children, who is Mensa, started school to get a special ed teacher¡¯s degree¡ªwhich involves 1.5 years of teacher observation/student teaching. She really would have been good at this, she is super patient, nothing grosses her out, very loving. Well, her Junior year, ?Covid hit spring of 2020 when she should have done her student observation, so instead they had her do zoom tutoring, which she was great at, but did not at all prepare her for a classroom situation. Then right before her senior year started, her cousin who was also entering his senior year at the same school unexpectedly killed himself. And even though she wasn¡¯t particularly close to him, she took it very hard. Then she started her senior year student teaching in a Jr High situation with a classroom teacher who expected her to already know how to do everything. And she had a total breakdown, dropped out that semester.? She went back spring semester and finished enough classes to get a Bachelor¡¯s in ¡°interdisciplinary studies¡±¡­which is basically a major for people who couldn¡¯t finish their intended major, but completed enough upper graduated classes to get a bachelor¡¯s. And she graduated Cum Laude. And she is still working at the exact same job she worked at while going through college.

Did I pay for a worthless degree?

Well, I still have hope that eventually she will go back and finish the classes to get her teaching certificate. Or maybe do a BS to BSN program. Or maybe she won¡¯t. It is what it is, at the moment she has no desire to do anything different, and ultimately, she will have to figure out what she does.
But I have changed my mind on ¡°worthless¡± degrees. I don¡¯t think any degree is worthless. But certainly, some degrees are not worth what people pay for them. Of my children, the 3 who have currently graduated or are attending college, they went to a local public university, and they all lived at home and commuted (with the exception of 1 child who spent a year on campus because his grandma paid for that and he wanted the experience, the following year he chose to live at home and commute.)? I was fortunate enough to have been able to finance a prepaid tuition program for all my children. And by living at home, they have graduated (or will graduate) with no debt. Let¡¯s say I hadn¡¯t been able to finance a prepaid tuition program, I would have encouraged them to do 2 years at a community college, then transfer to the state university, living at home, and their debt would have been quite reasonable, less than $50,000 (current tuition at their university is $15,000/year)

Considering that in my state, its an estimated $16,000/year for each K ¨C 12 student, any bachelor¡¯s my children get is cheaper, yet worth more in the job market, than their K-12 education. (Although all my children have been homeschooled¡­.and I spent a lot compared to the average homeschooler, but still WAY less then the $16,000/year that would be spent at public school.)

Now in contrast, I went to a high school graduation party today for an extended family member. This family member is very smart and talented, her parents of fairly modest means (I suspect they will be contributing little to nothing to her education,) yet she is extremely excited about attending a $75,000/YEAR private university, because she obtained $50,000 in scholarships (which are for the first year only!) ¡­..which still means $25,000/year of debt for her. She intends to become a doctor¡­.good for her, but the reality is 60% of people who apply to medical school are never accepted, and if she is accepted that would just mean 4 more years of even larger debt.? While I can¡¯t say that a degree from a $75,000/year university is ¡°worthless¡±¡­¡­I can say that I don¡¯t think *ANY* undergraduate degree is worth that tuition. And hardly even any professional degree (the average public medical school tuition is $50,000/year, private medical school $65,000/year)

I think our current system of the government backing loans, even giving grants, for vastly overpriced private schools (and while private schools are generally pricier than public schools, some are way overpriced compared to others,) even when for a ready-to-work degree (accounting, teaching, etc.) is a far worse use of money than just out and out paying for a ¡°worthless¡± degree (art, communications, etc.) at a public school.

<<now charge tuition to fund bloated administrations and football coaches,>>

The thing with football (which not being a football fanatic, I don¡¯t emotionally understand,) many universities make A LOT of money off of their football team. There are certainly ¡°luxuries¡± at some colleges which are just money out and by most estimates totally unnecessary. But football teams bring in real revenue, it¡¯s not just frivolous spending.

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Rhonda

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Re: [Owner] [PhilosophicalM] Frudat Five May 10

 

There was a stupid, very nice, guy in the dorm who majored in general business.? He studied very hard and graduated, unlike some of those who were much smarter who mocked him for working so hard on business courses.


On Monday, May 13, 2024, FreedomRocks via <HomeOfLove69=[email protected]> wrote:

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<<A lot of my college dorm-mates were relatively poor but studied things like communications, and ended up with jobs like selling cars.? As an engineering student, I had problem sets due every day that took a couple of hours, as well as a bunch of other work, while those with mickey mouse majors goofed off, watched tv, played cards, went to the bars, etc.>>

I don¡¯t disagree that what you describe happens too often. But innate ability plays a big role as well. There are many people who would be studying hard every day to get a mickey mouse major.? Then there are others, like myself, for my pharmacy degree, I had 4 years of chemistry, 3 years of biology, lots of other ¡°hard¡± classes.¡± Many of many classmates would spend hours studying every day. I would day dream in class and wouldn¡¯t even worry about the chapter we were on until the day before the quiz or test. Haha, I¡¯m probably the one of the only people every who got an A in both semesters of Organic Chemistry, only to end up with a B 2nd semester because I got an F in the labwork section (I didn¡¯t have the patience to properly do experiments¡­.if I¡¯d been deluded enough to go for a PhD, I likely would have been the one spending hours trying to figure out what I was doing and repeating experiments.)


While one¡¯s major, or their grades, is generally an indication of how much work and effort they¡¯ve put into their college degree, it isn¡¯t always.


Rhonda


Re: [Owner] [PhilosophicalM] Frudat Five May 10

 

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<<A lot of my college dorm-mates were relatively poor but studied things like communications, and ended up with jobs like selling cars.? As an engineering student, I had problem sets due every day that took a couple of hours, as well as a bunch of other work, while those with mickey mouse majors goofed off, watched tv, played cards, went to the bars, etc.>>

I don¡¯t disagree that what you describe happens too often. But innate ability plays a big role as well. There are many people who would be studying hard every day to get a mickey mouse major.? Then there are others, like myself, for my pharmacy degree, I had 4 years of chemistry, 3 years of biology, lots of other ¡°hard¡± classes.¡± Many of many classmates would spend hours studying every day. I would day dream in class and wouldn¡¯t even worry about the chapter we were on until the day before the quiz or test. Haha, I¡¯m probably the one of the only people every who got an A in both semesters of Organic Chemistry, only to end up with a B 2nd semester because I got an F in the labwork section (I didn¡¯t have the patience to properly do experiments¡­.if I¡¯d been deluded enough to go for a PhD, I likely would have been the one spending hours trying to figure out what I was doing and repeating experiments.)


While one¡¯s major, or their grades, is generally an indication of how much work and effort they¡¯ve put into their college degree, it isn¡¯t always.


Rhonda


Re: [Owner] [PhilosophicalM] Frudat Five May 10

 

Hi, all. Just to mention, 75k U$S is about twice the value of my appartment. In Argentina, there are public and private universities. Practically none include educational materiales (such as books, computers etc.) for students, much less living quarters. Most private monthly fees are between 100 U$S and maybe 1k U$S, being about 4 minimal wages (not that anyone can live with that minimum per month). You might think that means that universities, being so cheap, would be full of foreingers (not usians, but maybe from other parts of LatinAmerica), but not really. There is a huge discussion here about this topic. Believe there should be public univ, but not so sure if it should be open for all, or have some sort of admittance test.

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Anabel

El domingo, 12 de mayo de 2024, 02:39:10 ART, Ed Lomas <relomas2@...> escribi¨®:


Just a couple of comments:

Not all colleges are land-grant institutions, but if there is a Morrill Hall anywhere on campus, it is generally a land-grant school.? Some may surprise you, like MIT and Cornell (it¡¯s only partially private, the Ag school is a public backdoor into the Ivy League).? Small states with little public land have land-grant schools, but the land didn¡¯t provide much funding.? University of Texas is rich because some of their school sections had oil on them.

As for worthless degrees, the ones I think of are in crappy online or correspondence schools with low standards.? However, some programs prepare students for low-paying careers. Also some low-paying careers are gratifying and beneficial to society, such as ministers or priests. ?

A lot of my college dorm-mates were relatively poor but studied things like communications, and ended up with jobs like selling cars.? As an engineering student, I had problem sets due every day that took a couple of hours, as well as a bunch of other work, while those with mickey mouse majors goofed off, watched tv, played cards, went to the bars, etc.

A friend¡¯s daughter went to an expensive small private college in Idaho, majored in International Relations, and ended up as an apartment manager.? I know two miners who had degrees in elementary education, and one was $60,000 in debt and struggled to pay it off with three kids, a wife, and a well-paying job as a miner.? On the other hand, one of them has a brother in law who is also a miner but didn¡¯t go to college, and he is sidelined with a medical issue that will keep him from going back to his $140,000/year mining job.? So it¡¯s a tough call, but my parents looked at college as a path to job security, while others look at college as a way to live an educated life.? As much as college costs, it seems prudent to do both at once, even if it means taking some tough classes that aren¡¯t that interesing.


On Sunday, May 12, 2024, FreedomRocks via <HomeOfLove69=[email protected]> wrote:

<<The Morrill Act, a bill signed by Abraham Lincoln, dedicated two square miles of every public land township for funding higher education in public universities.? I attended a ¡°land grant¡± college in the 70s, and it was tuition-free. ? We all had to pay for room and board and supplies and incidentals, ?which was about $1000 per semester.? That was a great system; I could earn $2000 working in the mine during the summer and a few weekends for $3.57 an hour then.>>

Interesting, I hadn¡¯t heard of that history before. I find this an interesting discussion.

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<<After the 70s the system fell apart; the university I attended, and other land grant colleges, now charge tuition to fund bloated administrations and football coaches, and students must take on debt to go to colleges.? Students majoring in communications, drama, political science and other easy majors never earn enough to join the middle class, and many of them spend five or six years to get their worthless degrees. >>

Well¡­.I kinda agree you. A big problem is, as Marvin mentioned, students graduate high school, but they aren¡¯t ready for college. More than that, they really don¡¯t know basic high school skills. A college degree, even in a ¡°worthless¡± subject, does tell an employer that the applicant does have basic reading, writing, and arithmetic skills. It also tells the employer that the student can complete tasks and meet deadlines. Because of problems with the high school system, a bachelor¡¯s is preferred by employers, even when a college degree isn¡¯t necessary for the job, because it does actually testify to the student haven¡¯t basic skills. So these degrees do have some worth. But there is no doubt that many students are drastically overpaying for these degrees.

A little personal story, which I¡¯ve told to my child, so I think it¡¯s OK to share here. Way back in the early 2000¡¯s, when I only had 1, maybe 2 children and they were babies, I can remember arguing on a message board that I would never pay for my children to get such a worthless degree such as the ones you mentioned. Previous to that, every time I had ever said I would never do something¡­I ended up doing it. I¡¯ve learned since then to never say never.? Well, one of my children, who is Mensa, started school to get a special ed teacher¡¯s degree¡ªwhich involves 1.5 years of teacher observation/student teaching. She really would have been good at this, she is super patient, nothing grosses her out, very loving. Well, her Junior year, ?Covid hit spring of 2020 when she should have done her student observation, so instead they had her do zoom tutoring, which she was great at, but did not at all prepare her for a classroom situation. Then right before her senior year started, her cousin who was also entering his senior year at the same school unexpectedly killed himself. And even though she wasn¡¯t particularly close to him, she took it very hard. Then she started her senior year student teaching in a Jr High situation with a classroom teacher who expected her to already know how to do everything. And she had a total breakdown, dropped out that semester.? She went back spring semester and finished enough classes to get a Bachelor¡¯s in ¡°interdisciplinary studies¡±¡­which is basically a major for people who couldn¡¯t finish their intended major, but completed enough upper graduated classes to get a bachelor¡¯s. And she graduated Cum Laude. And she is still working at the exact same job she worked at while going through college.

Did I pay for a worthless degree?

Well, I still have hope that eventually she will go back and finish the classes to get her teaching certificate. Or maybe do a BS to BSN program. Or maybe she won¡¯t. It is what it is, at the moment she has no desire to do anything different, and ultimately, she will have to figure out what she does.
But I have changed my mind on ¡°worthless¡± degrees. I don¡¯t think any degree is worthless. But certainly, some degrees are not worth what people pay for them. Of my children, the 3 who have currently graduated or are attending college, they went to a local public university, and they all lived at home and commuted (with the exception of 1 child who spent a year on campus because his grandma paid for that and he wanted the experience, the following year he chose to live at home and commute.)? I was fortunate enough to have been able to finance a prepaid tuition program for all my children. And by living at home, they have graduated (or will graduate) with no debt. Let¡¯s say I hadn¡¯t been able to finance a prepaid tuition program, I would have encouraged them to do 2 years at a community college, then transfer to the state university, living at home, and their debt would have been quite reasonable, less than $50,000 (current tuition at their university is $15,000/year)

Considering that in my state, its an estimated $16,000/year for each K ¨C 12 student, any bachelor¡¯s my children get is cheaper, yet worth more in the job market, than their K-12 education. (Although all my children have been homeschooled¡­.and I spent a lot compared to the average homeschooler, but still WAY less then the $16,000/year that would be spent at public school.)

Now in contrast, I went to a high school graduation party today for an extended family member. This family member is very smart and talented, her parents of fairly modest means (I suspect they will be contributing little to nothing to her education,) yet she is extremely excited about attending a $75,000/YEAR private university, because she obtained $50,000 in scholarships (which are for the first year only!) ¡­..which still means $25,000/year of debt for her. She intends to become a doctor¡­.good for her, but the reality is 60% of people who apply to medical school are never accepted, and if she is accepted that would just mean 4 more years of even larger debt.? While I can¡¯t say that a degree from a $75,000/year university is ¡°worthless¡±¡­¡­I can say that I don¡¯t think *ANY* undergraduate degree is worth that tuition. And hardly even any professional degree (the average public medical school tuition is $50,000/year, private medical school $65,000/year)

I think our current system of the government backing loans, even giving grants, for vastly overpriced private schools (and while private schools are generally pricier than public schools, some are way overpriced compared to others,) even when for a ready-to-work degree (accounting, teaching, etc.) is a far worse use of money than just out and out paying for a ¡°worthless¡± degree (art, communications, etc.) at a public school.

<<now charge tuition to fund bloated administrations and football coaches,>>

The thing with football (which not being a football fanatic, I don¡¯t emotionally understand,) many universities make A LOT of money off of their football team. There are certainly ¡°luxuries¡± at some colleges which are just money out and by most estimates totally unnecessary. But football teams bring in real revenue, it¡¯s not just frivolous spending.

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Rhonda

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Re: [Owner] [PhilosophicalM] Frudat Five May 10

 

Just a couple of comments:

Not all colleges are land-grant institutions, but if there is a Morrill Hall anywhere on campus, it is generally a land-grant school.? Some may surprise you, like MIT and Cornell (it¡¯s only partially private, the Ag school is a public backdoor into the Ivy League).? Small states with little public land have land-grant schools, but the land didn¡¯t provide much funding.? University of Texas is rich because some of their school sections had oil on them.

As for worthless degrees, the ones I think of are in crappy online or correspondence schools with low standards.? However, some programs prepare students for low-paying careers. Also some low-paying careers are gratifying and beneficial to society, such as ministers or priests. ?

A lot of my college dorm-mates were relatively poor but studied things like communications, and ended up with jobs like selling cars.? As an engineering student, I had problem sets due every day that took a couple of hours, as well as a bunch of other work, while those with mickey mouse majors goofed off, watched tv, played cards, went to the bars, etc.

A friend¡¯s daughter went to an expensive small private college in Idaho, majored in International Relations, and ended up as an apartment manager.? I know two miners who had degrees in elementary education, and one was $60,000 in debt and struggled to pay it off with three kids, a wife, and a well-paying job as a miner.? On the other hand, one of them has a brother in law who is also a miner but didn¡¯t go to college, and he is sidelined with a medical issue that will keep him from going back to his $140,000/year mining job.? So it¡¯s a tough call, but my parents looked at college as a path to job security, while others look at college as a way to live an educated life.? As much as college costs, it seems prudent to do both at once, even if it means taking some tough classes that aren¡¯t that interesing.


On Sunday, May 12, 2024, FreedomRocks via <HomeOfLove69=[email protected]> wrote:

<<The Morrill Act, a bill signed by Abraham Lincoln, dedicated two square miles of every public land township for funding higher education in public universities.? I attended a ¡°land grant¡± college in the 70s, and it was tuition-free. ? We all had to pay for room and board and supplies and incidentals, ?which was about $1000 per semester.? That was a great system; I could earn $2000 working in the mine during the summer and a few weekends for $3.57 an hour then.>>

Interesting, I hadn¡¯t heard of that history before. I find this an interesting discussion.

?

<<After the 70s the system fell apart; the university I attended, and other land grant colleges, now charge tuition to fund bloated administrations and football coaches, and students must take on debt to go to colleges.? Students majoring in communications, drama, political science and other easy majors never earn enough to join the middle class, and many of them spend five or six years to get their worthless degrees. >>

Well¡­.I kinda agree you. A big problem is, as Marvin mentioned, students graduate high school, but they aren¡¯t ready for college. More than that, they really don¡¯t know basic high school skills. A college degree, even in a ¡°worthless¡± subject, does tell an employer that the applicant does have basic reading, writing, and arithmetic skills. It also tells the employer that the student can complete tasks and meet deadlines. Because of problems with the high school system, a bachelor¡¯s is preferred by employers, even when a college degree isn¡¯t necessary for the job, because it does actually testify to the student haven¡¯t basic skills. So these degrees do have some worth. But there is no doubt that many students are drastically overpaying for these degrees.

A little personal story, which I¡¯ve told to my child, so I think it¡¯s OK to share here. Way back in the early 2000¡¯s, when I only had 1, maybe 2 children and they were babies, I can remember arguing on a message board that I would never pay for my children to get such a worthless degree such as the ones you mentioned. Previous to that, every time I had ever said I would never do something¡­I ended up doing it. I¡¯ve learned since then to never say never.? Well, one of my children, who is Mensa, started school to get a special ed teacher¡¯s degree¡ªwhich involves 1.5 years of teacher observation/student teaching. She really would have been good at this, she is super patient, nothing grosses her out, very loving. Well, her Junior year, ?Covid hit spring of 2020 when she should have done her student observation, so instead they had her do zoom tutoring, which she was great at, but did not at all prepare her for a classroom situation. Then right before her senior year started, her cousin who was also entering his senior year at the same school unexpectedly killed himself. And even though she wasn¡¯t particularly close to him, she took it very hard. Then she started her senior year student teaching in a Jr High situation with a classroom teacher who expected her to already know how to do everything. And she had a total breakdown, dropped out that semester.? She went back spring semester and finished enough classes to get a Bachelor¡¯s in ¡°interdisciplinary studies¡±¡­which is basically a major for people who couldn¡¯t finish their intended major, but completed enough upper graduated classes to get a bachelor¡¯s. And she graduated Cum Laude. And she is still working at the exact same job she worked at while going through college.

Did I pay for a worthless degree?

Well, I still have hope that eventually she will go back and finish the classes to get her teaching certificate. Or maybe do a BS to BSN program. Or maybe she won¡¯t. It is what it is, at the moment she has no desire to do anything different, and ultimately, she will have to figure out what she does.
But I have changed my mind on ¡°worthless¡± degrees. I don¡¯t think any degree is worthless. But certainly, some degrees are not worth what people pay for them. Of my children, the 3 who have currently graduated or are attending college, they went to a local public university, and they all lived at home and commuted (with the exception of 1 child who spent a year on campus because his grandma paid for that and he wanted the experience, the following year he chose to live at home and commute.)? I was fortunate enough to have been able to finance a prepaid tuition program for all my children. And by living at home, they have graduated (or will graduate) with no debt. Let¡¯s say I hadn¡¯t been able to finance a prepaid tuition program, I would have encouraged them to do 2 years at a community college, then transfer to the state university, living at home, and their debt would have been quite reasonable, less than $50,000 (current tuition at their university is $15,000/year)

Considering that in my state, its an estimated $16,000/year for each K ¨C 12 student, any bachelor¡¯s my children get is cheaper, yet worth more in the job market, than their K-12 education. (Although all my children have been homeschooled¡­.and I spent a lot compared to the average homeschooler, but still WAY less then the $16,000/year that would be spent at public school.)

Now in contrast, I went to a high school graduation party today for an extended family member. This family member is very smart and talented, her parents of fairly modest means (I suspect they will be contributing little to nothing to her education,) yet she is extremely excited about attending a $75,000/YEAR private university, because she obtained $50,000 in scholarships (which are for the first year only!) ¡­..which still means $25,000/year of debt for her. She intends to become a doctor¡­.good for her, but the reality is 60% of people who apply to medical school are never accepted, and if she is accepted that would just mean 4 more years of even larger debt.? While I can¡¯t say that a degree from a $75,000/year university is ¡°worthless¡±¡­¡­I can say that I don¡¯t think *ANY* undergraduate degree is worth that tuition. And hardly even any professional degree (the average public medical school tuition is $50,000/year, private medical school $65,000/year)

I think our current system of the government backing loans, even giving grants, for vastly overpriced private schools (and while private schools are generally pricier than public schools, some are way overpriced compared to others,) even when for a ready-to-work degree (accounting, teaching, etc.) is a far worse use of money than just out and out paying for a ¡°worthless¡± degree (art, communications, etc.) at a public school.

<<now charge tuition to fund bloated administrations and football coaches,>>

The thing with football (which not being a football fanatic, I don¡¯t emotionally understand,) many universities make A LOT of money off of their football team. There are certainly ¡°luxuries¡± at some colleges which are just money out and by most estimates totally unnecessary. But football teams bring in real revenue, it¡¯s not just frivolous spending.

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Rhonda

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